Please tell us how you have integrated global awareness into your History curriculum. Feel free to have discussions with one another regarding this topic. Also, upload any applicable documents you have created and share any useful links you have found.
outcome: Research, organize and present information in clear, complete and effective formats. EXAMPLE: Research information on the local implications of a global issue of concern (e.g., child poverty, hunger, homelessness). Students organize their information and a possible solution and write a persuasive letter that is to be proof-read, peer edited, and finally sent via e-mail to a local public official.
outcome: Interpret, organize and present information from American history in clear, complete and effective formats to other students/ adults. EXAMPLE: Research information on an issue relevant to an historical period (e.g., a determining factor in the outcome of the American Revolution or the inevitability of the Civil War) and organize it into a persuasive essay that is to be proof-read, peer edited, and finally written and summarized in a class blog and/or audio podcast.
outcome: Use digital technology and/or networks appropriately to access information.
example: Conduct research using the Internet and electronic library databases to identify and describe the roles of international and multinational humanitarian organizations. Formulate a list of questions about each agency’s role in helping children. E-mail the questions to the proper contact person at one of the identified organizations.
outcome: Use digital technology appropriately to manage and integrate information from various sources. example: Create a database of information about international and humanitarian organizations and include the data provided by the agencies about their work with children.
outcome: Use digital technology to evaluate information. example: Evaluate the extent to which existing aid for children provided by humanitarian organizations is sufficient to meet the needs globally and locally.
- http://www.global-awareness.net/WavesGlobalChange.htm This website provides excellent insight into how world history can be taught to emphasize our "shared human history."
- "Fostering Students' Global Awareness: Technology Applications in Social Studies Teaching and Learning" (Crawford & Kirby, 2008) is a scholarly article on incorporating global awareness into social studies education. This article will give you some practical applications for your classes, and it will also help you to understand the importance of teaching global awareness in the context of history.
From the**Partnership for 21st Century Skills**and their21st Century Skills Map for Social Studies, comes the following lessons:outcome: Research, organize and present information in clear, complete and effective formats.
EXAMPLE: Research information on the local implications of a global issue of concern (e.g., child poverty, hunger, homelessness). Students organize their information and a possible solution and write a persuasive letter that is to be proof-read, peer edited, and finally sent via e-mail to a local public official.
outcome: Interpret, organize and present information from American history in clear, complete and effective formats to other students/ adults.
EXAMPLE: Research information on an issue relevant to an historical period (e.g., a determining factor in the outcome of the American Revolution or the inevitability of the Civil War) and organize it into a persuasive essay that is to be proof-read, peer edited, and finally written and summarized in a class blog and/or audio podcast.
outcome: Use digital technology and/or networks appropriately to access information.
example: Conduct research using the Internet and electronic library databases to identify and describe the roles of international and multinational humanitarian organizations. Formulate a list of questions about each agency’s role in helping children. E-mail the questions to the proper contact person at one of the identified organizations.
outcome: Use digital technology appropriately to manage and integrate information from various sources.
example: Create a database of information about international and humanitarian organizations and include the data provided by the agencies about their work with children.
outcome: Use digital technology to evaluate information.
example: Evaluate the extent to which existing aid for children provided by humanitarian organizations is sufficient to meet the needs globally and locally.